Paul Haggis Quotes
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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Those who first oppose a good work, seize it and make it their own, when the cornerstone is laid and memorial tablets are erected.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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I think violence can never be justified.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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The moral argument is that we give big business a huge tax break, and why do we do it? To get their jobs.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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During my theatre days, I was more comfortable doing comedy. It's such an irony. I have always played a buffoon on stage, and yet I don't have any comic role to my credit.
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I love rock n' rollers.
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I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.
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I don't like being stagnant. I want to continue to grow and just be better at what I do, and the only way to do that is to keep stepping outside of your comfort zone.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis.
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Ooooh, I love Nashville! It seems like everywhere you walk, there's great music coming out of every wall.
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We must have the courage to confront dreadful views even in the people we love the most. But that's difficult to do when we cast large segments of our fellow citizens into a basket to be condemned and disparaged, judging them even as we ignore that many of their deplorable traits exist in us, too.
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I think it's important for politicians to have moral qualities.
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I don't know anything about computers.
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Take of London fog 30 parts; malaria 10 parts, gas leaks 20 parts, dewdrops gathered in a brickyard at sunrise 25 parts; odor of honeysuckle 15 parts. Mix. The mixture will give you an approximate conception of a Nashville drizzle.
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All liaisons between homosexuals are conducted as though they were between a chorus girl and a bishop. In some cases both parties think they are bishops.
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The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.
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I like to really respect the audience and let them come through on answers.
